Amendment 3--CC DROIDS Call-QA

Broad Agency Announcement (BAA):
FA2391-23-S-2403
Pioneering Aerospace Capabilities, Engineering, and Research (PACER) CALL Name:
Collaborative Center for the Design and Research Of InterDisciplinary Systems

(CC DROIDS)

AMENDMENT 3

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: Broad Agency Announcement FA8650-23S-2403, “Collaborative Center for the Design and Research Of InterDisciplinary Systems (CC

DROIDS)”

FEDERAL AGENCY NAME: Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/RQ Aerospace Systems Directorate

GRANTS POCs:

Chris DeLaet
Grants Specialist
E-mail address: [email protected]
Susan Lee
Grants Officer
E-mail address: [email protected]
The Broad Agency Announcement FA2391-23-S-2403, Pioneering Aerospace Capabilities, Engineering, and Research (PACER), CALL Name Collaborative Center for the Design and Research Of InterDisciplinary Systems (CC DROIDS), is hereby amended to make the following clarifications:
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (continued numbering from Amendment 2) 9. QUESTION: Do references count within the 25 page limit? ANSWER: Pages shall be numbered starting with the cover page being Page 1, and the last page being no greater than Page 25. The page limitation covers all information including indices, photographs, foldouts (counted as 1 page for each 8.5 by 11 portion) tables, charts, appendices, attachments, resumes, table of contents, references, etc. 10. QUESTION: Also, what about a page for Table of Contents? Does that count toward the 25 page limit?

ANSWER: Pages shall be numbered starting with the cover page being Page 1, and the last page being no greater than Page 25. The page limitation covers all information including indices, photographs, foldouts (counted as 1 page for each 8.5 by 11 portion) tables, charts, appendices, attachments, resumes, table of contents, references, etc. 11. QUESTION: Page 5 of the BAA FA2391-23-S-2403 (filename "Call for CC DROIDS— 27 July 2023.pdf"), shows the attached breakdown for the budget. Should we strictly adhere to this distribution over the years? One potential difficulty is the amount on FY24 ($210k), which is about one third of the subsequent years. Is this because you anticipate that not all projects start until FY25, or is there another reason? ANSWER: The funding profile is based on likely realities of the executability of funding, allowing for the evolution from detailed discussions/development of tasks and expectations primarily with faculty, to initial student recruitment, before realizing the full burn rate.